Fat No More

Chapter one: New school

I have always been picked on as a child. Never skinny enough for the popular kids in my school, but one girl in particular that has always made my life a living hell, her minions call her Julia. But I call her the vein of my existence.   She has picked on me since middle school. I tried to ignore her most of the time, but I mean come on who can ignore hateful comments made just for you all the time. Even when I got home from school, it was always there waiting for me thanks to Facebook. Evil comments waited for me there, ‘What a waste of space, walrus, fat ass, ugly whale.’ It was everywhere I turned.

I tried to hide from it but it was no use. I couldn’t get away from it. It was like a dark cloud that followed me everywhere. Right before tenth grade ended my dad got a new job   in New York City. I was excited but nervous at the same time; it was a new start, but also a different school to be an outcast in. So I started working out and eating   healthy as soon as my dad told me the news. This time I didn’t want my new school mates to make fun of me for being fat. They could make fun of me for whatever reason I knew they would make up but I knew this time I wouldn’t give them the satisfaction of calling me fat.

 After I finished tenth grade I said a tearful goodbye to the few friends I had and then moved to NYC. I had plenty of time to get in   shape before school would start again. I was down to one hundred and forty five pounds and for a girl that’s five eight that is pretty good. I went from a size fifteen to a size seven; I looked in the mirror before my dad said that the bus was coming. I put on one more coat of mascara and then looked at my outfit, black skinny jeans and an A Day To Remember T-shirt.

 I ran out of the house with natural wavy hair to the bus. Everyone on the bus stopped and stared at me, I guess since I’m new they were just curious.  So I just flipped my hair and turned my iPod up, I sat in the fourth row since it was the only seat open. Fifteen minutes later we were at my new school, it was much larger than my old school in Connecticut; three stories tall and intimidating. Over three thousand kids in the school and all of them had on designer cloths and model hair. They looked like they belonged, and me I looked like a watermelon in a pumpkin patch. I knew I didn’t belong and so did they.

 All the girls were a size two and all the guys looked like they belonged in an Abercrombie and Fitch magazine. I guess this will be harder than I thought.  I shake my thoughts away and walk up the very long stairs to the front door. I open it and my breath was knocked out of me, it was beautiful. I never thought a high school could look this amazing. Only in movies have I seen a school look this good, like a museum. It had high ceilings, hand carved door frames and the lockers were all different than the one before it. The floors were marble and the walls had an amazing vintage look to it. I looked down at the map that was in my hand trying to find my first period class room. It was just a few rooms down, so looked up just in time to see this big frame come towards me but it was too late I fell down on my ass before I could catch myself. Great, I heard a bunch of people laughing and when I opened my    eyes this beautiful man was looking at me in shock. I was so embarrassed that I just looked at him mortified.   

“Are you okay?” This beautiful man asks me.

“Uh, umm I mean… Yeah” Great now I sound retarded.

“Are you sure?” He asks me while holding his hand out to me to help me up. I take it shaking nervously trying to get my shit together, ‘come on Lorelai get your head together, a cute guy is talking to you.

“Umm.. yeah, sorry, I’m fine.” I said dumbly. After he helps me to my feet I brush myself off to make sure there is no dirt on my pants.

“Are you new? I have never seen you before.” His beautiful lips said.

Stop looking at his lips and respond stupid.

“Uh, yeah. This is my first day.” I said lamely.

“Yeah, I figured.” He said with a smirk. “My names Jake, and your name is?”

I just stared shocked for a second and then I cleared my throat and said

“Oh it’s Lorelai.” I smiled and then whipped my hair from my face. Just then the bell rang loudly startling me slightly.

“Well Lorelai, you should be getting to class, wouldn’t want to make you late on the first day.” He said with a million dollar smile and then left just like that.

Great, this day has turned out to be humiliating already and it’s not even first period yet.